Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

How Oklahoma’s schools superintendent became the state’s top culture warrior

Ryan Walters, a Republican who called a teachers union a “terrorist organization” and pushed for prayer in public schools, offers a preview of what could be coming in other Republican-led states.
#AureFreePress #News #GOP #Politics #USA

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ryan-walters-oklahoma-schools-superintendent-tulsa-rcna101235

No. Absolutely no. Read on.

“Since Ryan Walters was sworn in as #Oklahoma’s superintendent of public instruction in January, he’s called for prayer in public schools and hanging the Ten Commandments in classrooms.” #religion

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ryan-walters-oklahoma-schools-superintendent-tulsa-rcna101235

Not that it seems to have sunk in yet, but lawyer John Eastman is likely about to be disbarred and sent to prison for Donald Trump.
@MrScarce

https://crooksandliars.com/2023/08/fafo-john-eastmans-mugshot-released?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=78464

Another day, another…

Officials in #Pittsburgh say they are engaged in an “extremely active” situation with shots “continuing to be fired” after the sheriff’s office attempted to evict a resident in the Garfield area and the suspect opened fire on deputies, according to several police agencies #GunViolence

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/23/us/pittsburgh-police-shooting-garfield

In a transaction believed to be the first of its kind in #Canada, a Vancouver Island family has returned 18.5 hectares of former wetland on the Saanich Peninsula to First Nations in the area

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/wsanec-maber-flats-berglund-1.6944201

REMINDER to set your fantasy GOP debate lineup before kickoff at 9 pm Eastern Time.

i wouldn't vote for any of these dopes (or the criminal afraid to debate) if you threatened me with an in-home Kid Rock concert.

@philip_cardella @StillIRise1963 @lizstl13
Honestly, suprised no Florida parent has sued mask-wearing teachers for scaring their children.

In more #school day #news.

On one hand, once you read "private Christian school," all you need to know. On other hand, damn, buy the kid a gun?

Private school teacher accused of molesting teen in park bought him a gun for his 14th birthday: cops https://nypost.com/2023/08/22/wisconsin-teacher-accused-of-molesting-teen-gave-him-a-gun/

Kaiser Permanente in California becomes the latest healthcare system to reinstate their mask mandate due to a rise in number of patients with #COVID. https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/kaiser-permanente-reinstates-covid-19-mask-mandate-amid-spike-in-cases-but/

Simple arithmetic dictates that Deep Space 9 is 4 better than Babylon 5.

#DS9 #StarTrek

The only way you are getting me to watch a Republican debate is if you mix up some Mad Max dynamics.

The losing two candidates have to fight to the death in the Thunderdome gradually reducing their numbers until there is a last one standing.

@Hey_Beth @CoachMark
I hope that a lot of Texans look at how close they got to having Beto instead of Abbott and choose to vote next year. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/10/texas-voter-turnout-2022/

One thing I learned during 35 years in education: Doing nothing is sometimes a good strategy.

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

The International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition is an international day celebrated August 23 of each year, the day … International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

http://nedhamsonsecondlineviewofthenews.com/2023/08/23/international-day-for-the-remembrance-of-the-slave-trade-and-its-abolition/

We had gone out for a couple of hours and I don't think she wanted me to go anywhere again. #catsofmastodon #caturday #cats

@AlliFlowers @bonafide @RickiTarr Yes. That building is clearly melting.

@Free_Press
"Donald Trump will headline a $100,000 per person fundraiser to aid in the legal defense of his one-time personal attorney Rudy Giuliani ..."
Imagine if all moneyed murderers, thugs and organized crime lords were to fundraise for their legal defense for their crimes and stupid ignoramuses still donate notwithstanding???

#ALweather #ALwx
454
WTNT43 KNHC 231446
TCDAT3

Tropical Storm Franklin Discussion Number 12
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL082023
1100 AM EDT Wed Aug 23 2023

Franklin's center appears to have made landfall a little to the
south of Barahona, Dominican Republic, shortly before 1200 UTC, and
it is now moving northward over the mountainous terrain of the
country. Heavy rains have likely overs https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/p.php?pid=202308231500-KNHC-WTNT43-TCDAT3